Chapter 5 Managing the ACE Software
Saving Configuration Files
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Saving Configuration Files to a Remote Server
To save the running-configuration file or startup-configuration file to a remote
server using File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Secure Transfer Protocol (SFTP), or
Trivial Transfer Protocol (TFTP), use the
copy
running-config
or
copy
startup-config
command in Exec mode. The copy serves as a backup file for the
running-configuration file or startup-configuration file for the current context.
Before installing or migrating to a new software version, back up the ACE
startup-configuration file to a remote server using FTP, SFTP, or TFTP. When you
name the backup file, we recommend that you name it in such a way that you can
easily tell the context source of the file (for example, running-config-ctx1,
startup-config-ctx1).
The syntax for the command is:
copy
{
running-config
|
startup-config
} {
ftp://
server
/
path
[
/
filename
]
|
sftp://
[
username
@
]
server
/
path
[
/
filename
] |
tftp://
server
[
:
port
]
/
path
[
/
filename
]}
The keywords, arguments, and options are:
•
running-config
—Specifies the running-configuration file currently residing
on the ACE in volatile memory.
•
startup-config
—Specifies the startup-configuration file currently residing
on the ACE in Flash memory.
•
ftp://
server
/
path
[
/
filename
]—Specifies the FTP network server and,
optionally, the renamed configuration file.
•
sftp://
[
username
@
]
server
/
path
[
/
filename
]—Specifies the SFTP network
server and, optionally, the renamed configuration file.
•
tftp://
server
[
:
port
]
/
path
[
/
filename
]—Specifies the TFTP network server and,
optionally, the renamed configuration file.